The Parenting Out Loud

Yesterday, I took 👧🏻 back to visit my old university campus.

It’s been 20 years since I graduated 😱where did the time go?

We sat in the same corner where I used to cram for exams… except this time, she was the one looking around with curiosity, and I was the one feeling old. 👵🏻

In this episode, I’m sharing how I create themed escape room games to make learning Cantonese fun and meaningful for kids!

This time, the challenge is all about the Dragon Boat Festival. I’ll walk you through how I designed the game, how my daughter helped me test it out, and how we used it as a playful way to learn Cantonese together.

If you’d like me to go into more detail about how to create your own escape room games, let me know. I’d love to explore it more in next week’s episode!

My inner thoughts today

We went away for the long weekend, and tried different breakfast. This was yumm!

In this episode, I share a personal story about what it means to let our kids speak for themselves, how to give them space, and why the softest voice can sometimes be the strongest.

When my daughter was teased for her glasses, I almost jumped in to defend her. But I paused, and she surprised me...

We’re going to talk about the Hot Chocolate Breathing technique. If you have our interactive parent-child journal "The Story Of Us", you can turn to page 64.

Once you’ve learned this technique, try practicing it with your child from time to time.

That way, when they really need to calm down, you can gently remind them:

“How about we pretend to take out a cup of hot chocolate and try to cool down together?”

1-min quick update

Did an hour run, then went to a cha chaan teng for lunch and cake at night

Have you heard of these 3 songs about mom?

I’m unboxing and setting up my stand-up desk for the treadmill. It’s time to put those steps in while getting things done, no more excuses!